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Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:03:41 GMTAn unexpexted trip to North Wales shooting ground turned into a good day out on Tues.
As I have been shooting a lot of skeet recently trying to...An unexpexted trip to North Wales shooting ground turned into a good day out on Tues.

As I have been shooting a lot of skeet recently trying to get some more illusive 25's out of 25's after having got my first a short while ago, and after a disaster in the West Midlands intercounties competician. Caused by a few silly things some mine and some due to unforeseen things like a big fly landing on the rib right by my eye as I was about to pull the trigger (could only happen to me).

Since the intercounties I have not been out shooting due to one thing or another and as I collaped a couple of times the day before another skeet competian at Fauxdegla resulted in myself having to call it off :(

I had a call on Mon night to go for a day out at North Wales shooting ground which is a great ground for skeet shooting (until now all I have shot there), normally we go for the skeet layouts so as usual left the skeet chokes in. Instead of skeet we decides to try the sporting, DTL and high towers out.

Surprised myself on the sporting, as did pretty well aprt from a left to right fast high crosser which I could not pick up on and to me was a slow rising teal right in front of us. hit some of them, though at a guess I would say I shot above them, on the whole was happy with what I had done.

Next for me was the high tower and still with skeet chokes in, think it surprised us as I only missed a couple, and would of thought the pattern produced by the chokes would of been a bit wide and wholey.

Next was a move on to the DTL layout which I probably only ever shot halve a dozen times at the max. Again was surprised I managed to hit most of them again, with the ones getting away were on the second barrel and I waited far to long to pull the trigger for the second shot and the clay was on it's way down.

I was impressed by the days shooting and that it was all achieved by using skeet chokes, fair enough the breaks were not dusted but they were clean breaks and not chippy, just need to repeat it again next time.

To me it's a plus one for having the gun set up to put the shot where one is actually looking and either having the confidence to shoot with what ever choke you have at the time and get the sight pattern / lead right.
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Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:18:11 GMTBy now you have probably heard that there has been a mass murdering in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Last count I heard is 58 dead and more than 400 injured. ...By now you have probably heard that there has been a mass murdering in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Last count I heard is 58 dead and more than 400 injured. I assume the dead are the result of gunshot, but I am unsure if all injured are also gunshot victims.
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Right now the firearm, or firearms, used have not been released to the public, there is some speculation that the 62 year old white male may have used a full automatic weapon(s), but I've also heard that there were multiple rifles in the hotel room as well.
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I understand that the low-life POS committed suicide when the police got on the same floor in the hotel that he was staying on. Why he didn't just kill himself in the first place?
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Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:06:25 GMTFirstly hello all I am new to this forum.
I am aged 20 and I have been shooting since I was 14-15 years old. My dad is a SGC holder. Back in 2012...Firstly hello all I am new to this forum.

I am aged 20 and I have been shooting since I was 14-15 years old. My dad is a SGC holder. Back in 2012 we sent off for our SGC together and I was refused (Not banned from applying again) because of an anti-gun therapist I was seeing at the time. Now I am putting in for it again but there may be a few issues.

The main issue is I suffer from Anxiety and I take a small dosage of sertraline for my anxiety, it is not perscribed for depression, and I do not suffer from depression, nor have ever self harmed or done anything stupid as to take my own life.

I have visited my doctor and he doesn't have a problem with me having a SGC, and wasn't concerned about anything so I sent it off. I am also a member of BASC, and I even work at a shooting grounds regularly.

I have never been in trouble with the police for anything, I don't have a history of violence or anything of the sort.

I just want your opinions on my application, is it likely to be granted, like I said, I am a member of BASC and I hope if anything goes wrong BASC could step in and help me out.

I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be granted, I know people who take much stronger medication than I and are affiliated with a biker gang and still have a SGC. My doctor is fine with it, I'm not in therapy for anything so fingers crossed this time round.

Take it easy guys.
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Thu, 21 Sep 2017 09:27:22 GMTHi all,
Do I need to inform my home insurance company that I have a gun cabinet and ammunition stored at my home address?
Or would it just come...Hi all,
Do I need to inform my home insurance company that I have a gun cabinet and ammunition stored at my home address?
Or would it just come under personal items?
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Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:44:33 GMTHi all My old shooting buddy has packed it all in health problems so i have an opening for someone to come along .
Young or old it dont matter,...Hi all My old shooting buddy has packed it all in health problems so i have an opening for someone to come along .
Young or old it dont matter, with shooting permission or not, dont matter, as long as there keen, i have had people come along for a couple of times then dont hear from them again .
I shoot 12g .22lr .223 & .308 I am a qualified deer stalker . most of my shooting is pigeon, lamping fox & rabbits.
I sometimes do clay and target (but not to often)

1) a shotgun certificate
2) Insurance
3) Live in the midlands (or a reasonable driving distance )
This is a no obligation offer I am 56 years old with a years of knowhow .
Gen applicants only please
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Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:06:35 GMTAfter a good trip out yesterday, I just thought I'd make an amateur observation on the subject of recoil (and note a small achievement of which I'm proud).
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I think that, between us, we do spend a lot of time trying to minimize the effects of recoil - and indeed, recoil itself. However, I was surprised yesterday to discover just how important recoil is to one's shooting routine.
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I bagged 9 wood pigeons over newly drilled barley stubble yesterday afternoon using my .410. It didn't start well - I was trying out a stock extension pad on the gun and had fired 10 shots before I connected with my first bird. I allowed myself to miss another 10 missed attempts before I took the pad off and shot without it. After that, I hit the next four in a row, including my first left-and-right with that gun, so the pad went back in the bag and didn't see the light of day again!
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In wasting so many shells for the first bird, I used up my supply of "hunting" cartridges, by which I mean the ones I've patterned and found to work well enough in that gun to actually point them at live game. In fact, I hadn't intended to shoot any birds at all but was out to pattern test three new brands of cartridges. High wind and passing cumulonimbi depositing their contents soon put paid to that idea, but seeing plenty of birds milling around was enough to divert me and I set up a pattern for a bit, hiding in the hedgerow from the thunderstorms.
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I was left with only the three assorted boxes of cartridges I'd originally intended to pattern test. I tried all of them, and (briefly) the Hull High Pheasant 19g/#6 load showed promise (the left-and-right), the Lyalvale Supreme Game 14g/#6 was adequate for short range shooting but seemed to lack the pattern density for low, incoming birds and the Fiocchi GFL36 11g/#6 were (as expected) a pile of poo.
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The Lyalvale cartridges were the most interesting of the three: they produced no discernible recoil, which surprised me so much the first time I fired one that I stopped the gun dead, missed the second shot and found myself checking the barrels to see if the wad had got stuck halfway down them. All was well, thankfully, but I found I just couldn't get on with them - the lack of recoil was completely off-putting.
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Granted, lack of recoil isn't going to be an issue with the average 12 gauge, but it does show the importance of every part of taking the shot - even the bits we might like to avoid. I thought that was interesting. :)
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